Examples of ruination in a Sentence
Water pollution is causing the ruination of the fishing industry.
neglect and indifference have proved to be the ruination of more than one marriage
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Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
By now, my colleagues have grown accustomed to my gleeful ruination of the workplace.
—Ariel Dumas, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Wedding fundraising pages are not invoices that require payment under threat of credit ruination.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Fetterman and McCormick set for high-stakes Pennsylvania forum MAJOR HEADLINES
‘DAMAGING DECISION’ – Trump says tariff ruling could lead to 'economic ruination' of US.
—FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
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“Ruination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruination. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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ruination
noun
ru·in·a·tion
ˌrü-ə-ˈnā-shən 
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